SRINAGAR, July 13 : Peoples Democratic Party today stressed for speed up of work on Jojila tunnel so that the remote and hilly ladakh region would be accessible through out the year as the people of this region face hardships during the cut of period which remains for about six months.

While interacting with various delegations while visiting the areas of Shaker Chikten, Samra, Hikmis, Shaker, Chikten and sankoo etc, Senior party leader and MLA Nizamudin Bhat lambasted the government for its failure to reach out to the general public in these remote areas to address their daily problems, roads, power, portable water and ration scarcity had made common life miserable. He was accompanied by senior leader Qazi Mohd Afzal and former Councilor of KHDC Kachoo Gulzar.

Taking dig on the present dispensation for their hollow sloganeering of providing basic amenities to common masses has been proven false by itself. The people of Kargil perticulalry in remote villages are still living in dark, face ration scaricity with on drinking water facilities. Roads are in a dilapidated conditions and the government is making blind eye on these issues.

Various delegations recalled that in a brief period of PDP- Congress rule under Mufti Mohammed Sayeed Kargil region had witnessed major development and establishment of Kargil Hill council was one of the major achievement of that period. They said that present dispensation had failed to fulfil the promises made to public in and after elections.

The delegations also said that the 2010 flood hit areas in which cultivated land and orchards were totally demaged were totally neglected by the rulling party and yet no compensation had been provided to the effected families even no official or agency has been deputed to assess the loss in these areas.

Various other deputations including Kargil employees association, Beacon employees, Sankoo welfare association also met the leaders who are on an organizational tour to Kargil and told that the salaries of employees are not properly to employees or daily wagers. The also demaded for immediate speedup of tunnel work on Jojilla and regular air service for Kargil.

The PDP leaders assured them that they will put up with full force their demands and problems with the concerned authorities for early redressal.

POONCH, July 13: The Fourth Traders meet of this year and first after suspension of trade due to volatile situation between armies of both sides at Krishna Ghati sector is scheduled to be organised on July 18 next at Chakkan-Da-Bagh here.
Traders from both sides of divided Jammu and Kashmir will meet at around 11.30 AM on July 18. Traders from both sides are demanding presence of defaulter traders during the meet on priority so that their accounts are cleared. Traders from both sides have deci